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McAllister, Inc., employs a normal costing system. The following information pertains to the year just ended.
Total manufacturing costs were $1,320,000.
Cost of goods manufactured was $1,286,000.
Applied manufacturing overhead was 30 percent of total manufacturing costs.
Manufacturing overhead was applied to production at a rate of 80 percent of direct-labor cost.
Work-in-process inventory on January 1 was 75 percent of work-in-process inventory on December 31.
Required:
Compute the following to support the preparation of financial
statements.
1. Compute the total direct-labor cost for the
year.
2. Compute the value of the company’s work-in-process inventory on December 31.
1.
Applied manufacturing overhead = $1,320,000*30% = $396,000
Total direct labor costs = $396,000/80% = $495,000
2.
Let Work in process,Dec.31 be X:
Work in process,Dec.31 = Work in process,Jan.1 + Total manufacturing costs - Cost of goods manufactured
X = 0.75X + $1,320,000 - 1,286,000
X - 0.75X = $1,320,000-1,286,000
0.25X = $34,000
X = $34,000/0.25 = $136,000
Hence Work in process,Dec.31 = $136,000